AMD Driver problems

[xIHexIx 0]

Hey guys. Currently running a Radeon Mobility HD 5870.

This has happened twice so far:

I start running along the coast, get to Balota, and after a few minutes running past the med center, my screen goes black until I Alt+Tab, and when I get to my desktop, I get a notification that my AMD drivers crashed and were fixed and working again, however, there are pixels on my screen that flash black and gray until I restart my computer (Haven't tried going into game and immediately coming out yet to see if that could fix.)

This happened the first time about a week ago. I figured it was old drivers, so I restarted my computer to get rid of the flashing pixels, went and checked for driver updates and downloaded them, restarted again, and resumed playing. Everything worked fine, I went into the camp, looted the stands, camped the airstrip ATC tower for a bit, then moved into Cherno.

Today it happened again. Was running a fresh spawn from Komarovo to Cherno, got about even with the med camp, and black screen. Alt+Tabbed, closed DayZ, check for driver updates. None found. Started DayZ again, ran about 10 meters maybe, black screen again.

TL:DR: Is there a known problem with Radeon drivers? Or are my settings too high or something simple like that? I'll take a picture of my settings if you guys think that may be the problem.

[hawkygaming 43]

AMD Radeon 7950. No problems on my end. Checked the temp on your card? Could be overheating.

[erocker 87]

First, check your temperatures. Use a program like GPU-Z http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2157/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.6.4.html -This game can work a GPU pretty hard and laptops can overheat.

If temps are okay (say under 85c) Uninstall your current video drivers. Go to the control panel and uninstall catalyst control center/drivers.

Reboot your laptop, then install the latest drivers from here: http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx

[xIHexIx 0]

Thanks for the tips, erocker, I'll run that and check my temps while I'm in game.

I don't think temps are the problem, as I've handled hours and hour of sessions while running background programs too, like Skype without a problem. But I'll be checking into my temps later this evening.

Edit: Tested it, running at about 60-65 degrees celsius. Will be uninstalling the drivers an reinstalling them in just a bit and then updating here again.

Edit 2: Did as you said and tried again, I've now made it up to the border of Cherno without a problem. Either I was in game enough to run far enough away that the glitch stopped, or reinstalling the drivers did the trick. Either way, thanks for the help guys.

Edited August 12, 2012 by xIHexIx